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We focus on transparency issues by profiling and cataloguing the activities of [http://www.Powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Lobbyists lobbyists], [http://www.Powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Lobbying_firms lobbying firms] and other [http://www.Powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Corporate_Lobby_Groups corporate lobby groups]. The relationship between special interests and elected representatives is catalogued in our MEPedia database and we are working to increase our coverage of the 'revolving door' between politics and special interests. | We focus on transparency issues by profiling and cataloguing the activities of [http://www.Powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Lobbyists lobbyists], [http://www.Powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Lobbying_firms lobbying firms] and other [http://www.Powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Corporate_Lobby_Groups corporate lobby groups]. The relationship between special interests and elected representatives is catalogued in our MEPedia database and we are working to increase our coverage of the 'revolving door' between politics and special interests. | ||
− | Another focus is on communication, spin and propaganda in party politics and in war and peace. We also cover public interest reporting on a wide range of issues of public controversy including work on the nuclear debate, climate change, water, alcohol, food, genetically modified food and crops, and the pharmaceutical industry. The database is a public interest resource which is intended to monitor and catalogue both positive and negative activities in relation to spin, which we define accordingly. We include pages on whistleblowers, on critics and victims of spin, on those whose work is spun by others, and on those who are associated with public relations – as well as on those who practice and promote spin. See our definition of "spin" [http://www.Powerbase.info/index.php/Definition_of_spin here]. | + | Another focus is on communication, spin and [http://www.Powerbase.info/index.php/category:Propaganda propaganda] in party politics and in war and peace. We also cover public interest reporting on a wide range of issues of public controversy including work on the nuclear debate, climate change, water, alcohol, food, genetically modified food and crops, and the pharmaceutical industry. The database is a public interest resource which is intended to monitor and catalogue both positive and negative activities in relation to spin, which we define accordingly. We include pages on whistleblowers, on critics and victims of spin, on those whose work is spun by others, and on those who are associated with public relations – as well as on those who practice and promote spin. See our definition of "spin" [http://www.Powerbase.info/index.php/Definition_of_spin here]. |
Powerbase has a policy of [[Powerbase:A Guide to Referencing|strict referencing]]. It is overseen by an [[User:David|editor]], [[User:Melissa Jones|managing editor]] and several associate portal editors. | Powerbase has a policy of [[Powerbase:A Guide to Referencing|strict referencing]]. It is overseen by an [[User:David|editor]], [[User:Melissa Jones|managing editor]] and several associate portal editors. |
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